mechanical or fixed broadheads
 

Which do you like better mechanical or fixed broadheads???????

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Each have their niche. The mechanicals fly like field points, even out of bows not perfectly in tune. Some of them produce very large wound channels. But there are more things to go wrong with them. And generally the fixed COC heads give more reliable penetration, particularly on large game.

If you can get them to fly out of your bow, and know how to put an edge on a piece of cutlery; it is hard to beat the Montec. Just about indestructable. Good for everything that walks, swims, crawls, or flys. Hellrazor is also good. Muzzy and Slicktrick for those who don't have sharpening skills.

I've been playing with the Rage 2 blade this year. Have seen two Mulie bucks fall to this head in the past week. Still not convinced this is the best head for elk, though.

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Cut on contact heads without a dought! My choice is

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My 2 cents, Go with a cut on contact broadheads. I've used both and if you make a perfect hit and don't hit bones then the expandable will do a great job. Yet when passing through the rib cage that's hard to do at times.COC's will go through easier and I believe they will glance off ribs and keep on going through. A clear pass through is what you need for the quickest kill and best blood trail.

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I prefer Replaceable blade Broadheads. I really don't see any advantage with mechanicals. I have several kills with both style heads, but fixed are in my Quiver now;)

Dan

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STEEL FORCE!!!!:D

absoluetly awesome fixed blades.....look into there "phat head"

absolutly devastating......

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Montec.....cant beat em.

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Fixed.

Like anything else, the less moving parts, the less problems you'll have.

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Plan on shooting forty and out. Machanical fly better. But want cutting, shoot fixed.
Tried both over the years and am back to original fixed.

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I use mechanicals, rocket steelhead 100 grain. I like em because they fly as true as my field tip, i've not had any problems with them. I just took about a 200 pound 8 pointer yesterday morning with them. I didnt have a great angle and ended up hitting forward in the shoulder. Arrow penetrated 3/4ths of the way into the shoulder and the deer went 40 yards. Last Sunday i took a doe that didnt go 10 yards.

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Four down with Rocket Steelheads and all were pretty much double lung pass thru's..
That being said I also hit a buck that was "slightly" quartering to me square in the shoulder and did not recover him. I wonder now if a coc or some other design would have done a better job on solid bone..Guess I will never know.

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ive gone both ways but now iam using fixed blade,i might just stick with fixed blade too.................:D

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Top shot is a G5 fixed blade. Bottom is a mechanical two blade Rocky Mountain Gator. Out of 6 deer shot with the Gators, I've never had onerun out of site. All died less than 75 yards. I switched back to a fixed for a while, but now I am sold on the 2 blade mechanicals. Just my choice as there are tons of deer killed every season with both styles. More important than style of broadhead iskeeping the blades sharp.

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Rage 2 Blade has me sold!

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I also use the Rocket Steelhead 100 gr. They fly fast and true. Shot a 200 lb. buck through the neck and it came out right below the rib cage. Really did a great job of opening and leaving a blood trail.

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I highly recomend fixed bladed broadheads. everone is shooting those rages, and ohh rage this and rage that, why arent they passing through deer??? with bows breaking 300 fps.... THEY SHOULD BE BLOWING THROUGH DEER!!!! but their bouncing off ribs and comming back out.

Ryan.

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Seriously?

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fixed blades here.... Aftershock maniacs.

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I've used Rocky Mountain Gator 2 Blades mechanicals along with fixed blades for the lastten years. I shot a doe with a NAP nitro head two weeks ago that did not pass thru. In light of that I pulled out a Gator and shot a big buck last Wed. that was a pass thru and pile up in 50 yards. Every deer I've shot with a Gator has been a complete pass thru. Also, keep in mind that a complete pass thru doesn't prohibitsuccesfully dispatching a deer. Obviously angle of shot has a lot to do with pass thru. If you are shooting a quartering away shot and hit the opposing shoulder bone, you more than likely won't have a pass thru shot. Ifyou hit the heart or both lungs, you'll have a dead deer.
With the proper shot placement, most any decent broadhead will be lethal.